Best Mike Rearden Podcasts (2025)

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To Build A.I. in the Cloud, We Need a Different Type of Plane to Get There 35:05

7M ago35:05

35:05

A.I. is everywhere… you can’t be in the ICT industry without A.I. impacting you in some way these days… even if it’s just the need to stay well informed on progress, adoption, and trends. There’s currently a tremendous focus on building data centers for this new life form, but to build A.I. in the cloud, we need a different type of plane to get the…

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Dispersion and Next Gen Transmission, with Mike Cooper and Earl Parsons 11:40

7M ago11:40

11:40

Earl Parsons and guest host Mike Cooper dig into fiber dispersion and next generation transmission.By Mike Rearden

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Managing Fiber in the Data Center with CommScope's FiberGuide 11:40

9M ago11:40

11:40

CommScope Systems Engineer Mungree Singh discusses the FiberGuide Fiber Management System.By Mike Rearden

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Journey to the Edge - Advancing Building Networks to Support Tomorrow's Applications 30:37

10M ago30:37

30:37

Rebroadcast from the 2024 Winter BICSI conference in Orlando, Florida. Presented by Mike ReardenBy Mike Rearden

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Preparing the Data Center for AI with Ken Hall and Host Mike Cooper 22:30

12M ago22:30

22:30

By Mike Rearden

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Safety, Privacy, and the Five D's of Physical Security - with Kelly DeLeo of Axis Communications 16:27

1y ago16:27

16:27

In 1984, Rockwell released the song “Somebody’s Watching Me”… a song about a guy who feels like he’s always being watched. But this was 1984… Fast forward to 2024, and there are cameras everywhere, making up a major element to a larger security apparatus we’ve all come to expect everywhere we go. We even have them in doorbells today. The interestin…

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Going the Distance - Reaching beyond the Standards with Confidence 13:30

1y ago13:30

13:30

Have you ever been doing something and felt like there had to be a better way to do it? Staring at a current frustration thinking that someone should come up with product or solution to make things easier. Our daily lives continue to get better and better because smart people come up with new ways to overcome challenges. Leave it to the genius’ at …

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Powering the Future - A Conversation with Stephen Eaves, the inventor of Fault Managed Power 15:35

1y ago15:35

15:35

What does VHS and Blu-Ray have in common? How about the Compact Disc and LC Fiber Connectors? What about asphalt roads and AC Power? What do they all have in common? They all had a competitor they beat out to become the quasi standard of their technology. Remember Betamax? HD-DVD? Digital Tape? What about DC Power? But what if we got one of them wr…

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Partnership Defined - When the whole is greater than the sum of its parts - With Jared Marcel, Boe-Tel TN Company 22:55

1y ago22:55

22:55

The word “Partner” has become quite cliché these days. I’m not even sure people really know what it means anymore. It tends to be used haphazardly like the term “Trusted Advisor”, so we try to clearly define it by adding modifiers. In our industry we have channel partners, installation partners, design partners, supply chain partners. I don’t mean …

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Flying Blind - How to Gain Valuable Visibility in your Network, with Shawn Clark 13:31

1y ago13:31

13:31

The legend of the crystal ball is famous for giving people visibility into the future. What an amazing gift that would be. Clear visibility in general is a gift itself if recognized and utilized properly. Take the dashboard in a car, or the cockpit of an airplane, giving you clear visibility of what’s going on with the vehicle transporting you and …

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Choosing the Right Training and Enablement for your Team 10:23

1y ago10:23

10:23

Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, once said, “The only thing worse than training your employees and having them leave is not training them and having them stay”. Famous entrepreneur, Richard Branson once said “Train people well enough so they can leave, but treat them well enough so they don’t want to.” Training is so critically import…

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Endless Innovation - SYSTIMAX 2.0 with Luc Adriaenssens 10:30

1+ y ago10:30

10:30

SYSTIMAX 2.0 What is that? What does that even mean? Let’s not speculate with a poorly written introduction. Listen now and we'll get right to it.By Mike Rearden

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Innovation Defined - The Legacy of SYSTIMAX 11:12

1+ y ago11:12

11:12

“A legacy of innovation”. It’s a catchy phrase, to be sure, but how can one determine if something is just marketing hyperbole, or an accurate way to describe one’s contributions to something? The best way is to talk with those responsible for such a legacy. In the ICT industry there are thousands of people responsible for contributing to impactful…

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Smart Hospitals, Lunar Data Centers, and A.I. with John Daniels, CEO of BICSI 20:25

1+ y ago20:25

20:25

If there’s one thing we learned from the way the world responded to covid, it’s the fact that hospitals need to get smarter. I mean, it makes sense. Today we have smart phones, smart homes, smart cars, smart buildings… everything seems to be getting smarter. It’s only logical that we consider how to make our modern hospitals “smart”. The results ca…

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Three New Year's Resolutions for the ICT Professional with Mike Rearden 9:54

1+ y ago9:54

9:54

Making new year’s resolutions has been a timeless tradition that often gets a bad rap because so many people fail to follow through on them, and they experience disappointment year after year. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Today is a special episode of CommScope Crosstalk, as we talk about new year’s resolutions for the ICT professional.…

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Leading Locally AND Globally - BICSI's Global Impact in the ICT Industry. A Conversation with John Daniels, CEO of BICSI 17:19

1+ y ago17:19

17:19

Elephants, ships and transcontinental railroads… to traverse the world in 80 days. It’s been a long time since Jules Verne dreamed up such a tale. Today, we can go all the way around the world using only fiber optic cable… and not in 80 days. More like under .8 seconds. One organization that spends a lot of time improving the ICT industry around th…

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Making the World a Better Place with iMasons. A Conversation with Dean Nelson 26:43

1+ y ago26:43

26:43

Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple computer, once said “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” I believe most world changers remain relatively unknown to the rest of us unless we happen to be connected in some esoteric way. In our industry, we often bear witness to people incrementally changing the wo…

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Connecting the Dots of IoT with Andy Jimenez 15:37

1+ y ago15:37

15:37

It seems like everything’s an acronym these days. We’re losing the art of conversation to shorthand abbreviations. And I’m not convinced we all know what we’re saying to each other. In the ICT industry, we talk about IT, OT, IoT, IIot, IoB, AI… it goes on and on… Today, we’re connecting the DoTs of IoT.…

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TEOTWAWKI - Three Macro Trends threatening the Status Quo in the ICT Industry with Ronna Davis 23:40

1+ y ago23:40

23:40

It’s the end of the world as we know it… and I feel fine. We have seen more changes in the past three years than we likely experienced in the prior ten years… it’s tough to keep up for sure. Today, we’re facing three macro trends that are promising to bring even more changes, and if we don’t prepare now, we could end up getting left behind. Sound d…

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The SFF Battlefield - Choosing the Small Form Factor Connector of the Future, with Ken Hall 15:36

1+ y ago15:36

15:36

The LC Connector won in the 90s. Today, there's a whole new battle going on. Join Ken Hall as he discusses the various SFF connectors, and why the MPO16 connector will be the dominant MPO connector for data centers in the future.By Mike Rearden

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AI and the ICT Industry, with Bill Kleyman 24:19

1+ y ago24:19

24:19

Are the machines going to kill us? In the movie Terminator, Kyle Reese explains to Sarah Conner that the machines got smart, saw humans as a threat, and decided our fate in a microsecond. Today, Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is becoming more advanced, and more useful, and as a result there is increasing concern about whether AI is truly a helper …

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Cat6A Cage Fight Between Evolving Needs and Existing Standards with Wayne Hopkinson and Trent Hayes 16:15

1+ y ago16:15

16:15

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Staying Ahead of Constant Change - A BICSI Preview with Casey Adams 14:13

1+ y ago14:13

14:13

If there’s one thing that remains the same in our industry, it’s the constant cadence of change. It can be tough to keep up. At CommScope, we have an extremely talented team of system engineers to help the rest of us stay up to speed. One of the best ways to learn from them is at industry events, such as the upcoming BICSI Fall conference in Las Ve…

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ICT Industry's Skilled Labor Shortage and BICSI's Response, with John Daniels, CEO of BICSI 24:33

1+ y ago24:33

24:33

The ICT industry is experiencing severe skilled labor shortages. BICSI CEO John Daniels joins the podcast to discuss BICSI's response to these challenges and the many different initiatives BICSI is using to lead the industry through these challenging times. In addition, we discuss the upcoming BICSI Fall Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Send all co…

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Reaching the Dark Spaces on Your Campus, with Mungree Singh 11:27

2y ago11:27

11:27

Please send all comments regarding CommScope Crosstalk to [email protected] Mike Rearden

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IT versus OT with Tony Rossi 15:00

2y ago15:00

15:00

By Mike Rearden

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Utility Grade Infrastructure with Zac LaFever 11:40

2y ago11:40

11:40

What is Utility Grade Infrastructure (UTG) and how can it make a difference in a network's design and deployment. Join CommScope Crosstalk host Mike Rearden as he talks with Wesco's Zac LaFever about all things UTG.By Mike Rearden

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The Three Pillars of Sustainability with Ronna Davis 15:13

2y ago15:13

15:13

By Mike Rearden

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Data Centers, Sustainability, and Nomad Futurists - A Conversation with Lee Smith 15:54

2y ago15:54

15:54

CommScope Crosstalk host, Mike Rearden, sits down with widely known data center consultant Lee Smith to discuss modern data centers, critical incident documentation, sustainability in the data center, and the Nomad Futurist Foundation.By Mike Rearden

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Attracting and Retaining Talent in Today's Tight Labor Market with Jennifer Roback 13:12

2y ago13:12

13:12

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Next Gen Data Centers and Modern AI - A Conversation with Bill Kleyman 15:48

2y ago15:48

15:48

CommScope Crosstalk host, Mike Rearden, sits down with AFCOM Data Center World Program Chair, Bill Kleyman, recorded live from Data Center World in Austin, Texas, to discuss next gen data centers and the future of AI.

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How Does Structured Cabling Survive Hyperconnectivity with Ronna Davis 14:19

2y ago14:19

14:19

By Mike Rearden & Ronna Davis

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To Build A.I. in the Cloud, We Need a Different Type of Plane to Get There 35:05

1
Dispersion and Next Gen Transmission, with Mike Cooper and Earl Parsons 11:40

1
Managing Fiber in the Data Center with CommScope's FiberGuide 11:40

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Journey to the Edge - Advancing Building Networks to Support Tomorrow's Applications 30:37

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Preparing the Data Center for AI with Ken Hall and Host Mike Cooper 22:30

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Safety, Privacy, and the Five D's of Physical Security - with Kelly DeLeo of Axis Communications 16:27

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Going the Distance - Reaching beyond the Standards with Confidence 13:30

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Powering the Future - A Conversation with Stephen Eaves, the inventor of Fault Managed Power 15:35

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Partnership Defined - When the whole is greater than the sum of its parts - With Jared Marcel, Boe-Tel TN Company 22:55

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Flying Blind - How to Gain Valuable Visibility in your Network, with Shawn Clark 13:31

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Choosing the Right Training and Enablement for your Team 10:23

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Endless Innovation - SYSTIMAX 2.0 with Luc Adriaenssens 10:30

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Innovation Defined - The Legacy of SYSTIMAX 11:12

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Smart Hospitals, Lunar Data Centers, and A.I. with John Daniels, CEO of BICSI 20:25

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Three New Year's Resolutions for the ICT Professional with Mike Rearden 9:54

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Leading Locally AND Globally - BICSI's Global Impact in the ICT Industry. A Conversation with John Daniels, CEO of BICSI 17:19

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Making the World a Better Place with iMasons. A Conversation with Dean Nelson 26:43

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Connecting the Dots of IoT with Andy Jimenez 15:37

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TEOTWAWKI - Three Macro Trends threatening the Status Quo in the ICT Industry with Ronna Davis 23:40

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The SFF Battlefield - Choosing the Small Form Factor Connector of the Future, with Ken Hall 15:36

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AI and the ICT Industry, with Bill Kleyman 24:19

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Cat6A Cage Fight Between Evolving Needs and Existing Standards with Wayne Hopkinson and Trent Hayes 16:15

1
Staying Ahead of Constant Change - A BICSI Preview with Casey Adams 14:13

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ICT Industry's Skilled Labor Shortage and BICSI's Response, with John Daniels, CEO of BICSI 24:33

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Reaching the Dark Spaces on Your Campus, with Mungree Singh 11:27

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IT versus OT with Tony Rossi 15:00

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Utility Grade Infrastructure with Zac LaFever 11:40

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The Three Pillars of Sustainability with Ronna Davis 15:13

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Data Centers, Sustainability, and Nomad Futurists - A Conversation with Lee Smith 15:54

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Attracting and Retaining Talent in Today's Tight Labor Market with Jennifer Roback 13:12

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Next Gen Data Centers and Modern AI - A Conversation with Bill Kleyman 15:48

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How Does Structured Cabling Survive Hyperconnectivity with Ronna Davis 14:19